Christopher James Paolini (born Nov 17, 1983) is an American author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance and the follow up short story collection The Fork, the Witch and the Worm. His first science fiction novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, was published on September 15, 2020. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book and the damatic landscape feeds his visions of Alagaësia . Christopher is currently at work on the final volume in the trilogy. Less